We found 10 episodes of Weird Studies with the tag “cinema”.
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Episode 111: What Is Best in Life: On "Conan the Barbarian"
Episode | November 24th, 2021 | 1 hr 21 mins
cinema, fantasy, paganism, trash stratum
Phil and JF explore the ethics and metaphysics of sword and sorcery through the lends of John Milius' 1982 film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Earl Jones.
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Episode 100: The Price of Beauty is Horror: On the Films of John Carpenter
Episode | June 9th, 2021 | 1 hr 23 mins
apocalypse, cinema, horror, john carpenter
JF and Phil discuss the themes and ideas in the films of one of the great American directors.
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Episode 96: Beautiful Beast: On Jean Cocteau's 'La Belle et la Bête'
Episode | April 14th, 2021 | 1 hr 20 mins
animals, cinema, fairy tales, love
JF and Phil discuss Jean Cocteau's masterful film, "Beauty and the Beast."
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Episode 92: Glitch in the Matrix: A Conversation with Rodney Ascher
Episode | February 17th, 2021 | 1 hr 27 mins
cinema, guest episodes, metaphysics, simulationism
JF and Phil are joined by American filmmaker Rodney Ascher to discuss film, music, mood, and his new documentary about people who believe we are in living in a computer simulation.
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Holiday Bonus: Magic, Madness, and Sadness
Episode | December 21st, 2020 | 50 mins 15 secs
cinema, comedy, metaphysics, time
In this special winter solstice release, Phil and JF discuss a memorable episode of the bizarro animated series Adventure Time.
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Episode 62: It's Like 'The Shining', But With Nuns: On 'Black Narcissus'
Episode | December 18th, 2019 | 1 hr 33 mins
cinema, history, psychology, religion
JF and Phil discuss the 1947 British film, "Black Narcissus."
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Episode 61: Evil and Ecstasy: On 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Episode | December 4th, 2019 | 1 hr 6 mins
cinema, morality, psychology
Phil and JF discuss Jonathan Demme's 1991 film, "The Silence of the Lambs."
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Episode 57: Box of God(s): On 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'
Episode | October 9th, 2019 | 1 hr 30 mins
cinema, gods, mythology
Phil and JF discuss Steven Spielberg's classic film, "Raiders of the Lost Ark."
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Episode 40: On Jonathan Glazer's 'Under the Skin'
Episode | February 13th, 2019 | 1 hr 17 mins
cinema, film scores, horror, science fiction, synchronicity
Phil and JF discuss the recent masterwork of weird cinema starring Scarlett Johansson.
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Episode 27: Weird Music, Part One
Episode | September 26th, 2018 | 1 hr 18 mins
cinema, ligeti, music, ornette coleman
Phil and JF discuss two powerful pieces of music: Ligeti's Musica Ricercata, second movement, and the opening music to Cronenberg's Naked Lunch, composed by Howard Shore and featuring Ornette Coleman.